Publisher: Simon & Schuster BFYR
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/25/2011
ISBN-13: 9781416975113
ISBN-10: 141697511X

Sixteen-year-old Jamie Gordon acheived recognition at age 14 when her unflattering photograph of an actress was published, but as she pursues her dream of becoming a celebrity photographer, she becomes immersed in the dark side of fame.

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/11/2011
ISBN-13: 9780375866678
ISBN-10: 0375866671

Losing her leg in a car accident and fitted with a prosthetic that challenges her athletic ambitions, Jessica finds herself alienated from former friends and is tutored by a misfit girl she previously avoided.

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Publisher: Delacorte Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/11/2011
ISBN-13: 9780385737524
ISBN-10: 0385737521

Raised to distrust all vampires, Sarah, a member of a legendary family of vampire-hunting witches, is changed into a vampire by the boy she thought she loved and denounced by her loved ones, prompting her reliable older sister to question an order for Sarah's execution.

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Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/12/2010
ISBN-13: 9780375865862
ISBN-10: 0375865861

Years after the boy she always loved ruined her life in a cruel betrayal, Vera, who is hiding a discovery she made about her mother, wonders what to do when the boy dies under suspicious circumstances that could be explained by the secrets she has kept for him. By the author of The Dust of 100 Dogs.

Publisher: Scholastic Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9780545240758
ISBN-10: 0545240751

Rejecting melodramatic teen notions about romance, friends Jen and Wes wonder about their growing attraction to each other in the face of such challenges as a pity date and views that differ. By the National Book Award-winning author of Godless.

Author Alex Flinn's contemporary retelling of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast is funny, romantic, and chock-full-o'-angst...and the movie version is coming soon to a theater near you. If you enjoyed the book and want to read more modernized versions of classic, magical tales, check out any of the novels listed below.

Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2006
ISBN-13: 9780060763732
ISBN-10: 0060763736

Fiction. Psyche is the teen star of many of her film-director father's B-grade horror flicks, and she longs for a transformation that will allow her to believe herself worthy of love. This "erotic and intellectual" (Booklist) novel-in-verse, which reimagines Greek gods and goddesses as glamorous yet tragic Hollywood types, has a dark, edgy quality that distinguishes it from Beastly--but its intense emotion and probing exploration of the nature of beauty should intrigue Beastly's fans.

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Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/06/2009
ISBN-13: 9781416986430
ISBN-10: 141698643X

Fantasy. Cassie has grown up hearing stories about how her mother was taken away by the Polar Bear King, who made her his bride...but in her mind, that's all they are: stories. But when, while working at her father's Arctic research station, Cassie follows a polar bear that seems somehow special, she discovers that he is the Polar Bear King, and that doing his bidding may be her only chance to save her mother. If you enjoyed the romance in Beastly but thought that it needed a bit more in the epic-and-adventurous-quest department, Ice (a modernized retelling of the Norwegian fairy tale East of the Sun, West of the Moon) may be just the book for you.

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Publisher: Hyperion Paperbacks
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2007
ISBN-13: 9780786809615
ISBN-10: 0786809612

Realistic Fiction. After her father remarries, 16-year-old Lucy Norton is forced to move from San Francisco to Long Island, where her new stepmother and annoying stepsisters make her life miserable...and her social life is nonexistent. But when she attracts the attention of basketball-star Connor with an offhand comment, Lucy is suddenly on the A-list and has visions of attending prom on Connor's arm. This upbeat and thoroughly modern retelling of the Cinderella story is a perfect fit for readers who loved Beastly's mix of romance and humor and want a lighthearted, fun read.

Publisher: Simon Pulse
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 07/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9780689870057
ISBN-10: 0689870051

Fantasy. Like Alex Flinn's Beastly, Donna Jo Napoli's Beast retells the story of Belle and her bewitched true love from the point of view of the beast. But while Beastly is a funny, angsty read set in modern-day New York City, Beast is a romantic and stylistically complex version set in ancient Persia, where Prince Orasmyn is cursed to take the form of a lion and must flee from his father's huntsmen. Eventually settling in an abandoned French castle, the Beast hunts for prey to survive, nurtures his sensuous rose gardens, and hides from the world...until Belle comes. Napoli weaves details of ancient Islamic culture throughout her story, which is generously peppered with Persian and Arabic words (all defined in a glossary).

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Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780761457930
ISBN-10: 0761457933

Fractured Fairy Tales. Author Vivian Vande Velde has a beef with Little Red Riding Hood: in her opinion, it's "the perfect example of the exact opposite of a good story." Think about it--a girl who can't tell her granny from a member of another species? Parents who name their kid after an article of clothing? Here, Vande Velde offers up eight new takes on the familiar story that are unexpected, funny, and deliciously irreverent. Don't judge Cloaked in Red by its serious-looking cover; it's a light, witty, and quick read.

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